Q. I just had a blood test, and my physician said my HDL cholesterol's low and my LDL is high - the reverse of what it ought to be. She prescribed a brand-name statin drug, Crestor. When I asked about ...

DIN: 10 mg tablet 20 mg tablet 40 mg tablet. Indication — as per As an adjunct to diet, at least equivalent to the Adult Treatment product monograph: Panel III ATP III TLC diet, for the reduction of ...

It works by decreasing the production of cholesterol in the body that may build up on the artery walls. Too much cholesterol on artery walls can cause blockages of blood flow to the heart, brain, and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has filed patent infringement actions in the United States against seven generic drugmakers aiming to sell generic versions of its blockbuster cholesterol pill Crestor, ...

Q. I just had a blood test, and my physician said my HDL cholesterol’s low and my LDL is high — the reverse of what it ought to be. She prescribed a brand-name statin drug, Crestor. When I asked about ...

In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well. Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both effectively ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc's cholesterol drug Crestor significantly slowed build-up of plaque in the main artery supplying blood to the brain compared with a placebo in a two-year study ...